Miss Paisley B

Tim's sister Jill and her husband John, had there baby girl on Tuesday. Paisley Beatrice Papa is her name. She is a beautiful little girl with lots of blond hair and long fingers and toes. She looks a lot like Quinn and Parker when they were little newborns. It was a lot of fun to hold a little baby and we felt lucky to go visit her Tuesday evening.

That night, Jill and John were told that Paisley had a heart problem. Tim was called around two in the morning to go to the hospital to help give her a blessing before being transferred to another hospital. I can't imagine the emotion that was felt by everyone there. However, Tim expressed that there was a good spirit of comfort after the blessing. Turns out that Paisley has a congenital heart defect called Transposition of the Greater Arteries. Her Pulmonary and Aortic Arteries are switched causing the oxygenated blood to not go through her body as it should. Thankfully it was caught early and the valve that shuts when born (creating a mix of un-oxygenated and oxygenated blood) hadn't closed yet. This is a good thing because it is being kept open with medication and actually allowing her body to get about 80% of the oxygen her body needs until she receives surgery to correct the switched arteries. This heart defect is a common in newborns and is developed within the first week or two of pregnancy when the heart is being formed. Jill and John are waiting for Paisley's surgery early next week. Our prayers and thoughts are with the Papa family and Miss Paisley. I know that our Heavenly Father is looking after them. We look forward to having a new little girl cousin running around in the future!!